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FILE PHOTO: Feb 14, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; Former USA president Jimmy Carter shown at the game between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at State Farm Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

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The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter - A GPB Podcast Special - Part 1

A GPB special program looking back at the life and legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, focusing on his work through the Carter Center to promote human rights, conflict resolution, and the eradication of preventable diseases worldwide. Plus, his role in establishing Georgia's film industry and the impact of his presidency and post-presidency on the state and the nation. 

December 29, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Mike Cupo, a systems operator for Public Service Electric and Gas Company, uses a special red phone to talk via radio to PSE&G staffers in the field, during a simulated Y2K drill at company headquarters in Newark, N.J., on April 9, 1999. Power plant operators across the country held drills to make sure they could keep electricity flowing if year 2000 computer glitches prevented them from communicating with each other.

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Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

December 28, 2024
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  • Jack Mitchell
A relative of a victim of a 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami participates in its 20th anniversary at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa district of Phang Nga province, southern Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

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  • Asia

Mourners mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
During Christmastime, the turtle sculptures in downtown Savannah's Troup Square are dressed in Santa Claus hats.

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How Savannah became a Christmas present for a famous president — and a cradle for two classic carols

Tag along on a special holiday history walking tour through downtown Savannah.

December 23, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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Trump claims a 'massive' mandate, but presidents often overread their victories

There's a long history of presidents claiming that their win means the will of the people is behind their agendas. But elections are rarely full-throated endorsements of a candidate's every policy.

December 19, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
The National Ranger Memorial, established in 1992, is at Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning. army.mil

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Judge decides lawsuit wanting Confederate’s name restored to a Fort Moore memorial

A lawsuit filed by the Columbus-based National Ranger Memorial Foundation to restore the name of a Confederate officer to the memorial and to the elite Army unit’s hall of fame at Fort Moore has been dismissed.

December 18, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
Pearl Harbor Navy veteran Bob Fernandez is photographed at home in Lodi, Calif., on Nov. 19.

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Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 100

Bob Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor on board the USS Curtiss during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.

December 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Glenn Miller wearing an American military uniform.

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80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved

Glenn Miller was the swing era's biggest star. Then, he vanished without a trace.

December 14, 2024
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  • Julian Ring
Trump has nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle, pictured speaking at the Republican National Convention in July, to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship

Kimberly Guilfoyle, who got engaged to Trump's son in 2020, is the latest appointee he's chosen from his family tree. There's a long and controversial history of presidents picking relatives for jobs.

December 11, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
The General Motors EV1 pioneered technology you can still find in electric vehicles today. Just over 1,000 were built, and the cars were only available for lease in a few states.

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This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, GM stopped making it

The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's EVs. But the model was controversial, and short-lived.

December 09, 2024
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  • Jack Mitchell
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (left), co-chair of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), carries his son "X" on his shoulders, as he walks with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (second from left) and DOGE co-leader, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (center), before a meeting with members of Congress at the Capitol on Dec 5.

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Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE echoes past budget promises that faced big hurdles

Vows to shrink the deficit, pay down the debt and run government more like a business have long been a stock element of politics. Candidates for office who have business backgrounds made it a mantra.

December 07, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, pictured in Nantucket, Mass., on Friday. Days later Biden announced he had pardoned his son, who was awaiting sentencing in criminal cases related to tax evasion and gun charges.

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Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works

Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here's a look at the commonplace — yet often controversial — presidential power.

December 02, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A digital re-creation of Richard III's face.

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How do you re-create the voice of a 15th century king? Dig up his skeleton

When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm.

November 29, 2024
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  • Kathryn Fink and
  • Patrick Wood
The Massacre of Chinese Americans at Rock Springs, Wyoming. Illustration by Thure de Thulstrup. Published in Harper's Weekly, September 26, 1885.

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  • Economy

The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that led to the Act and examine what happened to the economy after it passed.

November 27, 2024
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Amelia Earhart stands next to her Lockheed Electra 10E, before her last flight in 1937 from Oakland, Calif., bound for Honolulu. Her disappearance remains one of aviation's biggest mysteries.

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  • National

Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock

Earhart, her navigator and their plane disappeared during their attempted 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. A deep sea exploration company thought it might have solved the mystery, but it lives on.

November 25, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
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